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Pacha thakkali parippu curry/ Green tomato and Split Pigeon Peas Cooked in Spicy Coconut Gravy

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I wish every American friend a safe and happy Independence Day. Hope everybody is celebrating 235th Independence Day with parades, fireworks and barbecues. Here in Texas due to extreme drought fireworks are on only in limited places, and since it is in the downtown we are probably going to watch it on TV.

In order to celebrate the freedom I am proudly present a fruit star of red white and blue made with strawberry, apple and blueberries. 
Coming to pacha thakali curry, the idea came to me when I saw green tomatoes in the grocery store, I grabbed them immediately thinking I will make  fried green tomatoes with them. But after reaching home, my idea got changed as I need a curry for lunch. I was talking with my dad and asked him whether he remembers any recipe which mom used to make with green tomatoes. He told me to make curry with lentils and it will be good combo. I realized my mom used to make lentil curry with snake gourd. Which she learned from a chef who cooked food for Kala aka’s ( my mom’s elder sister’s daughter) wedding. 
The green tomatoes give a nice tangy base when they combine with subtle lentil and spicy coconut gravy. I cooked green tomatoes with turmeric and salt, then mixed with coconut, cumin green chilly spice mixture along with cooked toor dal ( spilt pigeon peas). Seasoned curry with mustard seeds, red chili and roasted coconut. They turned out to perfect curry. Sure I am going to make them again. If you want a change from your fried green tomatoes try this healthy version. You won’t be disappointed.

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Print recipe from here
What you need

 Green tomatoes: 3 no (approximately 2 cups when they chopped in to cubes)
Split pigeon peas/Toor dal: ⅓ cup
Grated coconut: ½ cup (set aside 1 tablespoon for roasting and use rest for grinding)
Green chili: 1 no (I used Serrano pepper)
Turmeric powder: ¼ teaspoon
Salt: ¾ teaspoon or to taste
Cumin seeds: ½ teaspoon
Mustard seeds: ¼ teaspoon
Red chili: 2 no (halved into two)
Urad dal/split black gram skinned: 1 tablespoon
Coconut oil: 1 tablespoon
Water: 3 cup

How I made

In a pressure cooker add washed toor dal along with 1 cup water and cook for about 2 whistle or 20 minutes and set aside. 
In a sauce pan add chopped green tomatoes, turmeric , ½ teaspoon salt and 11/2 cup water and cook for about 20 minutes or tomatoes become soft not mushy. 
In the mean time grind coconut , green chilli and cumin seeds along with ½ cup water to form a fine paste and set aside. 
Add this ground paste to cooked tomatoes and bring to a boil. Then add cooked toor dal to the mixture of coconut and tomatoes and cook for about 2 minutes or until the flavors gets blend in.
In a small sauce pan heat oil and add mustard seeds, urad dal,  curry leaves and red chilies and when mustard seeds starts spluttering switch off the flame and add to cooked curry . In the same pan fry the rest of coconut until they become brown in color it takes about 2 minutes and add this roasted coconut to curry and mix everything. 
Enjoy with rice and side dish.
We enjoyed with cabbage, carrot, and beet root thoran and chammanthi podi.

Preparation time: 45 minutes
Yield: 4 serving
Verdict: yummy mildly tangy spicy curry
Will you make it again: Yes I will

I am linking this to Hearth and  Soul hop#55

Cook it healthy hosted by  Shoba

and to MLLA-37 hosted by  Susan of The  well seasoned cook

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  1. JishasKitchen says

    ethu super ayittundu...you made me hungry with your clicks....very tempting....

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  2. Susan says

    A wonderful way with green tomatoes. I recently tried my hand at fried green tomatoes, but didn't have any luck with them. I know this would be a winner.

    Thank you for your MLLA recipe!

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  3. Quay Po Cooks says

    If I see green tomatoes the next time, I will try to make this dish. Looks so delish!

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  4. Claudia says

    I did just make Fried Green Tomatoes for the first time, but think your dish would be another excellent use for that veg.

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  5. girlichef says

    With this description, I wouldn't be able to resist. Yum!

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  7. Trix says

    Brilliant use of green tomatoes! I have only ever had them the Southern American way - as in, fried. I love that, but it would be nice touse them in this healthy way also!!

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  8. thekitchenaffaire says

    Woww.. kalaki 🙂 I have never tried with pacha thakkali. I always make the ripe ones 🙂 I have to try this 😀

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  9. Lena Rashmin Raj says

    Swathi... this looks really gr8 dear.. i never used pacha thakkali... next time i wl surely buy it 🙂

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  10. Mary says

    Your photos are gorgeous. I've never had this dish but you've made it sound very appealing. I hope you have a great day.Blessings...Mary

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  11. Usha says

    Looks delicious and inviting !

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  12. MaryMoh says

    This just look so healthy. Good for anyone wanting to lose weight 😀 Thanks very much for sharing. MaryMoh athttp://www.keeplearningkeepsmiling.com

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  13. Nithya says

    Delicious curry 🙂 Love the clicks 🙂

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  14. Sensible Vegetarian says

    Looks so delicious and healthy one.

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  15. The 21st Century Housewife© says

    What a delicious sounding recipe - I love that it uses green tomatoes and the spices sound so good! Thank you for sharing it with the Hearth and Soul blog hop.

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  16. ente pachakasala says

    kandittu adipoli ayittundu ketto but pacha takkali evide kittilla

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  17. Muraligeetham says

    looks so deliious!!

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  18. michelangelo in the kitchen says

    Zesty and tempting indeed! What a dish to enjoy this Summer. I have green tomatoes now in my small garden and I have to make this before they turn red. Thanks for this delicious curry idea! Cheers!!!

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  19. Reeni says

    I like how you used green tomatoes here Swathi! Such a creative and delicious use for them! I never know what to do with them.

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  20. Peggy says

    What a great way to use up green tomatoes!

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  21. Sukanya Ramkumar says

    Looks so good. Loved that plate of food. Nice recipe...YUM!

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  22. Priya says

    Looks delicious n yummy..soo tempting..

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  23. SpicyTasty says

    Swathi,
    nice presentation..looks delicious 🙂

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  24. kothiyavunu.com says

    Kidulam!! The combination of ingredients sound yum swathi!

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  25. Shanavi says

    Delicious as usual and a good recipe

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  26. divya says

    Super tempting and mouthwaring recipe..

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  27. Curry Leaf says

    Mouthwatering and comfy dish. Love the green tomatoes.

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  28. Suja says

    Ethu vere try cheytitilla,looks so delicious..mouthwatering.

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  29. Shobha says

    Delicious tomato and dal combination...I have never cooked any dish with green tomatoes.
    Thanks ...

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  31. Joanne says

    Wow I don't think I've ever seen green tomatoes used like this before! How interesting!

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  32. Suman Singh says

    That platter of food looks yummy..and the curry looks delicious..perfect with rice..

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  33. Priti says

    That platter is yum ..and this is very gud

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  35. Priya Sreeram says

    hope you had a happy & jolly weekend swathi ! the curry looks truly yum- must taste great with rice

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  36. Kaveri says

    Love Pachha Takkali kootu...it looks very yummy and delicious

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  37. Vardhini says

    Love the green tomatoes .. I make kootu too ..

    Vardhini
    Event: Fast food not Fat food

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  38. Prathibha says

    Nice dish..looks different n yummy

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  39. Rumana Rawat says

    Very innovative curry:)

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  40. Sharmilee! :) says

    Green Tomato dhal is a nice twist to the usual curry..looks very tempting

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  41. Hari Chandana says

    woww.. delicious and tempting recipe.. inviting platter dear.. Yummy 🙂
    Indian Cuisine

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  42. Rebecca from Chow and Chatter says

    nice curry shame about the fireworks they were cancelled here due to rain

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  43. laurie says

    This is so exotic,, really delicous, The lonly thing we did with green tomatoes was to dip them in egg and crumbs and fry or green tomato pickles,, this recipe sounds very good.Happy Independance Day!

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